FC7 on HP Laptop...almost boots!

andrei_t · 10-06-2007, 05:09 PM

I installed FC7 on my TX1220CA (variation of the TX1000), everything went fine, very nice.

Next I passed noapic and nolapic for first time boot otherwise it froze when pressing ok for setting clock settings.

Everything works fine...

I do a yum update....almost 900mb of updates, two hours later it's all done.

Reboot...

Again i append noapic and nolapic (newest kernel version) because I forgot to put it in the grub file.

Boot goes well...I get up to where the nice graphic thing that shows everything starting and then....locks up at starting sendmail. Computer doesn't freeze, it just keeps loading it forever.

Tried spamming "i" during boot to be able to select what to start (to prevent starting sendmail), it worked, but right after I am presented with a black screen and my mouse pointer...nothing more.

I am pretty sure it has something to do with apic or acpi...I've scoured the net for possible arguments to append to the kernel, and depending on what commands I give (noapic, nolapic, vga=0x317, acpi=off, noacpi and irqfixup) i get different results. Sometimes my usb mouse dosen't work but the touchpad does, sometimes if i press the shutdown button it turns off by itself, sometimes I have to keep it pressed down for a hard shut down...I haven't checked them individually to see which causes what...but I really don't understand why even if I try booting the old kernel version with noapic and nolapic it still does the same thing...

Any ideas?

By the way:
I am booting kernel 2.6.20-2936.fc7xen

should I append the commands in the line:
kernel /xen.gz-*blablablaversion* noapic etc?
or in
module /vmlinuz-*versionthing* ro root=*blablabla* rhgb quiet noapic etc?

First time I think i put it in the kernel line, not 100% sure though...i tried both now but neither work. I also have another module line with something about initrd.......fc7xen.img

jay73 · 10-06-2007, 06:10 PM

Yes, they should go onto the kernel line.

Have a look at your logs or run dmesg to find out more about what may be causing these issues.

andrei_t · 10-06-2007, 08:02 PM

Here is what I did, and what happened:

I booted in runlevel 3, the ordinary lockup at sendmail seemed to occur...but then it started! Then it seemed to freeze at sm-client...but then it continued still!

It still hasn't finished booting (already 5 minutes)...now I'm waiting for Avahi daemon. Even if it does boot, there is clearly a problem somewhere...
From what I've read, many laptops have problems with apic, acpi, and something about interrupt requests.

I remember when the system was running before updating something about an irq error on irq 7 (not sure if it was 7) popping up in the console before i ran yum...
I will post an update if it does boot with anything interesting found in dmesg...stay tuned.

Edit: I found out that the system doesn't actually freeze...ctrl+alt+del actually starts the restart process and gracefully closes down everything even though it has been loading something for 10 minutes

Still haven't been able to complete boot yet.

Edit2: I am posting these as I go:
-with runlevel 3 and nolapic it *freezes* (ctrl alt del doesnt work) at the smart card daemon thing. It actually says "[ OK " it doesn't type the second bracket, it just ends there.
-with runlevel 3 and noapic it doesn't get past sendmail.
-with runlevel 3 only it gets to the Avahi daemon thing.

Edit3: 3 words: O M G!!!

I unplugged the LAN cable before booting and passed noapic nolapic and irqfixup...
This page is what I was using for reference for the whole Fedora installation:
http://www.kellyandsopho.com/tiki/ti...aviliontx1000z

anyways... IT WORKED... I just can't understand... I'll probably post what dmesg gives tomorrow...

andrei_t · 10-07-2007, 08:17 AM

I booted with the following arguments:
noapic nolapic irqpoll
and the ethernet cable unplgged...

It seems that whenever i plug it and activate the connection, not only does it not work (and it has worked before in the old kernel) but my usb mouse stops working and after a time I can't even click anymore with the touchpad buttons! Also, the system seems to mess up completely (unresponsive, etc).

Here is what dmesg says after a boot with the above parameters:
(the last bunch of lines are me unplugging and plugging my usb key because it hadn't automatically recognized it when i booted with it plugged in)

Code:

[root@user ~]# dmesg
Linux version 2.6.20-2936.fc7xen (kojibuilder@xenbuilder4.fedora.phx.redhat.com) (gcc version 4.1.2 20070502 (Red Hat 4.1.2-12)) #1 SMP Fri Sep 21 11:56:20 EDT 2007
Command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet noapic nolapic irqpoll
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 Xen: 0000000000000000 - 000000006e8cf000 (usable)
Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 452815) 0 entries of 256 used
end_pfn_map = 452815
DMI present.
Entering add_active_range(0, 0, 452815) 0 entries of 256 used
Zone PFN ranges:
  DMA             0 ->   452815
  DMA32      452815 ->   452815
  Normal     452815 ->   452815
early_node_map[1] active PFN ranges
    0:        0 ->   452815
On node 0 totalpages: 452815
  DMA zone: 6190 pages used for memmap
  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
  DMA zone: 446625 pages, LIFO batch:31
  DMA32 zone: 0 pages used for memmap
  Normal zone: 0 pages used for memmap
ACPI: RSDP (v000 HP                                    ) @ 0x00000000000f8940
ACPI: RSDT (v001 HPQOEM SLIC-MPC 0x06040000  LTP 0x00000000) @ 0x0000000077f0adf7
ACPI: FADT (v001 HP     MCP51M   0x06040000 PTL_ 0x000f4240) @ 0x0000000077f13ad4
ACPI: SSDT (v001 HP     POWERNOW 0x06040000  LTP 0x00000001) @ 0x0000000077f13b48
ACPI: MCFG (v001 HP       MCFG   0x06040000  LTP 0x00000000) @ 0x0000000077f13d90
ACPI: HPET (v001 PTLTD  HPETTBL  0x06040000  LTP 0x00000001) @ 0x0000000077f13dcc
ACPI: MADT (v001 HP              APIC   0x06040000  LTP 0x00000000) @ 0x0000000077f13e04
ACPI: BOOT (v001     HP $SBFTBL$ 0x06040000  LTP 0x00000001) @ 0x0000000077f13e62
ACPI: SLIC (v001 HPQOEM SLIC-MPC 0x06040000  LTP 0x00000001) @ 0x0000000077f13e8a
ACPI: DSDT (v001 HP       MCP51M 0x06040000 MSFT 0x03000000) @ 0x0000000000000000
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: Skipping IOAPIC probe due to 'noapic' option.
Using ACPI for processor (LAPIC) configuration information
Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4
MPTABLE: OEM ID: nVIDIA   MPTABLE: Product ID: C51-MCP51    MPTABLE: APIC at: 0xFEE00000
I/O APIC #2 at 0xFEC00000.
Setting APIC routing to xen
Processors: 2
Allocating PCI resources starting at 88000000 (gap: 80000000:60000000)
PERCPU: Allocating 26240 bytes of per cpu data
Built 1 zonelists.  Total pages: 446625
Kernel command line: ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 rhgb quiet noapic nolapic irqpoll
Misrouted IRQ fixup and polling support enabled
This may significantly impact system performance
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 32768 bytes)
Xen reported: 2194.150 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x50
Dentry cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
Calgary: detecting Calgary via BIOS EBDA area
Calgary: Unable to locate Rio Grande table in EBDA - bailing!
Software IO TLB enabled: 
 Aperture:     2 megabytes
 Kernel range: ffff88000337e000 - ffff88000357e000
 Address size: 25 bits
PCI-DMA: Using software bounce buffering for IO (SWIOTLB)
Memory: 1750908k/1811260k available (2226k kernel code, 51484k reserved, 1355k data, 196k init)
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 4389.73 BogoMIPS (lpj=8779476)
Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
SELinux:  Initializing.
SELinux:  Starting in permissive mode
selinux_register_security:  Registering secondary module capability
Capability LSM initialized as secondary
Mount-cache hash table entries: 256
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 512K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
ACPI: Core revision 20060707
ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0ca0)
SMP alternatives: switching to SMP code
Brought up 2 CPUs
Initializing CPU#1
sizeof(vma)=168 bytes
sizeof(page)=56 bytes
sizeof(inode)=768 bytes
sizeof(dentry)=224 bytes
sizeof(ext3inode)=1040 bytes
sizeof(buffer_head)=104 bytes
sizeof(skbuff)=248 bytes
sizeof(task_struct)=1936 bytes
migration_cost=235
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: Using MMCONFIG at e0000000
PCI: No mmconfig possible on device 00:18
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
ACPI: Assume root bridge [\_SB_.PCI0] bus is 0
Boot video device is 0000:00:05.0
PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:10.0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P2P0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.XVR1._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.XVR2._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK2] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK3] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK4] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LK1E] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LK2E] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LK3E] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LK4E] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSMB] (IRQs 5 7 9 *10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LPMU] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUS0] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUS2] (IRQs 5 *7 9 10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 *11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LACI] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMCI] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LPID] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LTID] (IRQs *5 7 9 10 11 14 15)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LSI1] (IRQs 5 7 9 10 11 14 15) *0, disabled.
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
pnp: PnP ACPI init
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
xen_mem: Initialising balloon driver.
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq".  If it helps, post a report
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
pnp: 00:04: ioport range 0x1000-0x107f could not be reserved
pnp: 00:04: ioport range 0x1080-0x10ff has been reserved
pnp: 00:04: ioport range 0x1400-0x147f has been reserved
pnp: 00:04: ioport range 0x1480-0x14ff could not be reserved
pnp: 00:04: ioport range 0x1800-0x187f has been reserved
pnp: 00:04: ioport range 0x1880-0x18ff has been reserved
pnp: 00:04: ioport range 0x2000-0x203f has been reserved
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:02.0
  IO window: 4000-4fff
  MEM window: c4000000-c7ffffff
  PREFETCH window: c9000000-c91fffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:03.0
  IO window: disabled.
  MEM window: c8000000-c8ffffff
  PREFETCH window: c9200000-c93fffff
PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:10.0
  IO window: disabled.
  MEM window: disabled.
  PREFETCH window: disabled.
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.0 to 64
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:03.0 to 64
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:10.0 to 64
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 10, 4194304 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
checking if image is initramfs... it is
Freeing initrd memory: 9609k freed
Simple Boot Flag at 0x36 set to 0x1
IA-32 Microcode Update Driver: v1.14a-xen <tigran@veritas.com>
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
audit(1191762247.288:1): initialized
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 512 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
SELinux:  Registering netfilter hooks
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:02.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:02.0:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:02.0:pcie03]
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:03.0 to 64
assign_interrupt_mode Found MSI capability
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:03.0:pcie00]
Allocate Port Service[0000:00:03.0:pcie03]
pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (54 C)
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
hpet_acpi_add: no address or irqs in _CRS
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 4096 blocksize
input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /class/input/input0
Xen virtual console successfully installed as ttyS0
Event-channel device installed.
usbcore: registered new interface driver libusual
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:KBC0,PNP0f13:MSE0] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input1
TCP bic registered
Initializing XFRM netlink socket
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Freeing unused kernel memory: 196k freed
Write protecting the kernel read-only data: 942k
USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v3.0
ohci_hcd: 2006 August 04 USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUS0] enabled at IRQ 11
PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.0[A] -> Link [LUS0] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0b.0 to 64
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ohci_hcd 0000:00:0b.0: irq 11, io mem 0xc0004000
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LUS2] enabled at IRQ 7
PCI: setting IRQ 7 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0b.1[B] -> Link [LUS2] -> GSI 7 (level, low) -> IRQ 7
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0b.1 to 64
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: debug port 1
PCI: cache line size of 64 is not supported by device 0000:00:0b.1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: irq 7, io mem 0xc0005000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:0b.1: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 8 ports detected
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 2.00 loaded.
sata_nv 0000:00:0e.0: version 3.2
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LTID] enabled at IRQ 5
PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0e.0[A] -> Link [LTID] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0e.0 to 64
ata1: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x30B0 ctl 0x30A6 bmdma 0x3090 irq 5
ata2: SATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x30A8 ctl 0x30A2 bmdma 0x3098 irq 5
scsi0 : sata_nv
Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 6.3, id: 0x180b1, caps: 0xa04713/0x200000
input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input2
ata1: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata1.00: ATA-7, max UDMA/100, 390721968 sectors: LBA48 
ata1.00: ata1: dev 0 multi count 16
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi1 : sata_nv
usb 2-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 2-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-2:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
ata2: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ATA: abnormal status 0x7F on port 0x30AF
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      TOSHIBA MK2035GS DK02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
SCSI device sda: 390721968 512-byte hdwr sectors (200050 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
SCSI device sda: write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
 sda: sda1 sda2
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
usb 2-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
usb 2-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
libusual: modprobe for usb-storage succeeded, but module is not present
usb 2-2.1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 6
usb 2-2.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-2.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 7
usb 2-2.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 2-2.3: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 8
usb 2-2.3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
input: eGalax INC. USB TouchController as /class/input/input3
input,hiddev96: USB HID v2.10 Pointer [eGalax INC. USB TouchController] on usb-0000:00:0b.1-2.3
usb 1-7: new full speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-8: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-8: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
pata_amd 0000:00:0d.0: version 0.2.7
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:0d.0 to 64
ata3: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x1F0 ctl 0x3F6 bmdma 0x3080 irq 14
ata4: PATA max UDMA/133 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x3088 irq 15
scsi2 : pata_amd
input: Logitech USB Receiver as /class/input/input4
input: USB HID v1.11 Mouse [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0b.0-8
input: Logitech USB Receiver as /class/input/input5
input,hiddev97: USB HID v1.11 Device [Logitech USB Receiver] on usb-0000:00:0b.0-8
ata3.00: ATAPI, max MWDMA2
ata3.00: configured for MWDMA2
scsi3 : pata_amd
ata4: port disabled. ignoring.
ata4: reset failed, giving up
scsi 2:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Slimtype DVD A  DS8AZH    NH61 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl (2006-10-12) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
audit(1191762255.352:2): enforcing=1 old_enforcing=0 auid=4294967295
security:  3 users, 6 roles, 1855 types, 84 bools, 1 sens, 1024 cats
security:  61 classes, 70762 rules
SELinux:  Completing initialization.
SELinux:  Setting up existing superblocks.
SELinux: initialized (dev dm-0, type ext3), uses xattr
SELinux: initialized (dev usbfs, type usbfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev debugfs, type debugfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev selinuxfs, type selinuxfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev mqueue, type mqueue), uses transition SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev devpts, type devpts), uses transition SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev eventpollfs, type eventpollfs), uses task SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev inotifyfs, type inotifyfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev futexfs, type futexfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev pipefs, type pipefs), uses task SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev sockfs, type sockfs), uses task SIDs
SELinux: initialized (dev cpuset, type cpuset), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev proc, type proc), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev bdev, type bdev), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev rootfs, type rootfs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev sysfs, type sysfs), uses genfs_contexts
audit(1191762255.652:3): policy loaded auid=4294967295
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
scsi 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
Bluetooth: Core ver 2.11
NET: Registered protocol family 31
Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
forcedeth.c: Reverse Engineered nForce ethernet driver. Version 0.59.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LMAC] enabled at IRQ 11
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:14.0[A] -> Link [LMAC] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:14.0 to 64
forcedeth: using HIGHDMA
Bluetooth: HCI USB driver ver 2.9
usbcore: registered new interface driver hci_usb
EDAC MC: Ver: 2.0.1 Sep 21 2007
input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input6
eth0: forcedeth.c: subsystem: 0103c:30bf bound to 0000:00:14.0
i2c_adapter i2c-0: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x3040
i2c_adapter i2c-1: nForce2 SMBus adapter at 0x3000
EDAC MC0: Giving out device to k8_edac Athlon64/Opteron: DEV 0000:00:18.2
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LAZA] enabled at IRQ 10
PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.1[B] -> Link [LAZA] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:10.1 to 64
SELinux: initialized (dev ramfs, type ramfs), uses genfs_contexts
NET: Registered protocol family 10
lo: Disabled Privacy Extensions
Mobile IPv6
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LK3E] enabled at IRQ 10
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:05.0[A] -> Link [LK3E] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
floppy0: no floppy controllers found
ACPI: AC Adapter [ACAD] (on-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
input: Power Button (FF) as /class/input/input7
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Power Button (CM) as /class/input/input8
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
input: Sleep Button (CM) as /class/input/input9
ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
input: Lid Switch as /class/input/input10
ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
No dock devices found.
ibm_acpi: ec object not found
ACPI: Video Device [UVGA] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
device-mapper: multipath: version 1.0.5 loaded
EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
SELinux: initialized (dev sda1, type ext3), uses xattr
SELinux: initialized (dev tmpfs, type tmpfs), uses transition SIDs
Adding 2031608k swap on /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:2031608k
SELinux: initialized (dev binfmt_misc, type binfmt_misc), uses genfs_contexts
ip6_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2006 Netfilter Core Team
Netfilter messages via NETLINK v0.30.
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (8192 buckets, 65536 max)
eth0: no link during initialization.
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
audit(1191762290.888:4): audit_pid=1902 old=0 by auid=4294967295 subj=system_u:system_r:auditd_t:s0
SELinux: initialized (dev rpc_pipefs, type rpc_pipefs), uses genfs_contexts
Bluetooth: L2CAP ver 2.8
Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM socket layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM TTY layer initialized
Bluetooth: RFCOMM ver 1.8
Bluetooth: HIDP (Human Interface Emulation) ver 1.1
SELinux: initialized (dev autofs, type autofs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev autofs, type autofs), uses genfs_contexts
SELinux: initialized (dev autofs, type autofs), uses genfs_contexts
Bridge firewalling registered
virbr0: no IPv6 routers present
usb 2-5: USB disconnect, address 3
usb 2-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 9
usb 2-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi4 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usb-storage: device found at 9
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device scan complete
scsi 4:0:0:0: Direct-Access              USB2.0           1.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
SCSI device sdb: 2017792 512-byte hdwr sectors (1033 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
SCSI device sdb: 2017792 512-byte hdwr sectors (1033 MB)
sdb: Write Protect is off
sdb: Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
sdb: assuming drive cache: write through
 sdb: sdb1
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi removable disk sdb
sd 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
SELinux: initialized (dev sdb1, type vfat), uses genfs_contexts

jay73 · 10-07-2007, 02:11 PM

Well, dmesg doesn't reveal anything dramatic. I would try the boot argument pci=nommconf. You may also want to check whether there is any more recent BIOS available for the motherboard.

andrei_t · 10-08-2007, 05:12 PM

Adding pci=nommconf (and booting with ethernet cable plugged in) it gets past sendmail and the other stuff up to xend where it locks up. Strange part is, it unlocks if i slide the power on/off switch of the laptop. It does so at different stages (black screens and stuff) but hitting power always unfreezes it...also my usb mouse doesn't work now...

Maybe it's the drivers, ill try to get the nvidia drivers for my chipset...

polydiet · 10-20-2007, 07:43 PM

If you are really using "vga=0x317, acpi=off, noacpi and irqfixup", then it's easy: it's noapic instead on noacpi.

jay73 · 10-20-2007, 07:51 PM

Now that you mention it, yes, disabling acpi is: acpi=off while disabling apic is noapic.